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??nn? Loulavill? 1, Ky. w* Comp Your Best Advertising ^ I Medium " r!nmp - , Uarrmt mrmrii Your Best Advertising Medium ) VOLUME 70 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10? Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY tant.apv 7 NIIMUFD Dr. Hamilton Says Population Of Warren Estimated At 18.569 Warren County's population as of last July 1 was 18,569, compared with 19,652 In the Federal census of 1960, accord ing to calculations of Dr. C, Horace Hamilton, rural socio logist and statistician at N. C, State University, Raleigh. Dr. Hamilton's figures show a drop of 5.50 per cent In War ren County since the 1960 cen sus. _____ An official census will be started In Warren County on January 11 as a part of a voter registration checkup un der the Civil Rights Act, and Dr. Hamilton's figures may be soon compared with an actual population count. Dr. Hamilton's figures also show that Franklin County pop ulation loss In the slightly less than five year period was 5.59 per cent, from 28, 759 in 1960 to 27,146. Vance County'spop ulatlon showed a gain of 6.17 per cent, up to 33,976 from 32, 003 in 1960. Dr. Hamilton's estimatecov ered ill of the State's 100 counties and was based on re ports from the State Board of Health and the State Department of Public Instruction. The sur vey showed 76 counties gained population in the period since the last Federal decennial cen sus In April, 1960, and 24 coun ties lost. The July 1 figure for Vance compared with 32,002 in the Federal census of 1960, and represented a gain of 6.17 per cent. For the State as a whole, Dr. Hamilton said, population last July 1 was 4,912,195 which was an Increase of 365,040 above the 4,556,155 In 1960. His projec tion was that the State as a whole will pass the 5,000,000 population mark next September 22. Being a little more precise, the professor said "the first baby born In North Carolina on September 22, 1966, will be the five millionth North Carolin ian." The statistician said the Board Studies Plan Of Reapportionment Much of the session of the board of county commissioners Monday was taken up with a discussion of the position of Warren County In a proposed ? shuffling of counties in a pro f posed redisricting of the state by a special session of the Loflslalure. Called in on the discussion ]ate Monday afternoon were Frank B. Banzet, chairman of N the Warren County Democratic Executive Committee, and John Kerr, Jr., long a power in Warren County politics. The group again expressed dissatisfaction with a plan to put Pitt County in a new sen atorial district with Warren, and gave approval to a substi tute plan submitted at Green ville last Friday that would have Edge comb, Halifax, Warren and Franklin in the same district. Plans were made for a dele gation to appear before a leg islative committee in Raleigh Tuesday afternoon to Join with Pitt County in support of the new proposal. Attending this meeting in Ral eigh were Board Chairman Amos L. Capps, Commission ers A. J. Ellington and Robert Thorne, County Attorney, Jim Llmer, and Frank B. Banzet. Covinty Attorney Llmer, who attended a meeting In Green ville last Friday when plans for th? substitute district were drawn, told the commissioners earlier at Monday's meeting ol the new plan, and the reasons ?or Its adoption. In their dis cussion laler In the afternoor the commissioners, Llmer, Kerr and Banzet all agreed that (See BOARD, page 7) Town Tags Go On Sale At Norlina Motor vehicle tags for th< Town of Norlina for 1966 ar< now on sale at the office of th< mayor. Mrs. Mae Gums, town clerk said yesterday that a town or dinance requires that each own er of a motor vehicle residing in the town of Norlina musl purchase and display a Towr of Norlina license plate. Boy Fatally Injured When Bicycle Is Hit A i?-year-old Negro boy was fatally Injured here last Fri day night when the bicycle which he was riding was struck by an automobile. James Arthur Coleman of Rt. 1, Warrenton, died at Jubilee Hospital, Henderson, Saturday morning, from Injuries he re ceived around 8:05 p. m. Fri day when his bicycle was struck by a 1957 Chevrolet car driv en by Jackson Alston of Frank lin Street, Warrenton. The ac cident occured near Siplley's Store on the Warren Plains Road a shot' Jintance north of War renton. R, A. Clark, Investigating Highway trooper, said that evi dence Is that Alston was over taking and passing another ve hicle when his car struck the boy's bicycle being ridden on the left side of the highway. He said the impact carried the boy and his bicycle a dis tance of 117 feet and that the can continued to move forward an additional 120 feet before com ing to a stop. Alston was charged with reckless driving and Involun tary manslaughter. A grand Jury found probable cause Monday and Alston was bound over to Superior Court on the Involun tary manslaughter charge. Being Santa Is His Hobby Some citizens of Warren County have fishing as a hobby, to others hunting Is a hobby, and to others sports Is a relaxa tion. Bat to the Warren County man bringing Joy to children <i > ? For years County Com missioner A. 1. Ellington has practically all his spare daring the Christmas Playing Santa CUM illdren caa be gath ered 4* during the pest Christ masea many who once sat on the kiw et Ellington as Santa this ywr watched the shining eyes of their grandchildren as they neatlad la the arms of Santa Ellington. A suit can be uncomfortable, often the hours can be long, the hot hoi may become monot ononiT Thai to to many b# not to Commissioner Ellington. Monday he oommanted in re gard to his long service as a Clans, "| enjoy it mora he children. R to a real to me and I wish yom would thank the people of Warren County for giving me the opportunity each year to pley a CUM." State's population growth In thi 1960's has been more rapli than anticipated. Earlier fore' casts had Indicated North Car ollna would not reach the flv. million mark until the 1970's He said new Industry has play ed a major role In the State', multiplying population and ha: kept many people at home ani brought In new citizens fron other states. Census To Start On Tuesday Headquarters office for thi special census of Warren wll be opened Tuesday morning Jan. 11 at the National Guar* Armory. Grady Howard of thi Census regional office In Char lotte will supervise the popu lation count. The census will ask thesi questions: name of each per son age, sex, relationship to hea of household, and color or race An- additional question, "Doe this house have a basement?' will be asked at the reques of Civil Defense. A slmlla census was taken In each c four North Carolina countle In December, 1965. Local people are needed t work as census enumerator visiting all households In th county, beginning about Jan. 24 Howard said a diligent enumer ator can earn from $12 to $1 a day. Candidates must be U. ? citizens, 18 or older, with (See CENSUS, page 8) Farmers May Have Land Premeasured Premeasurement service 1 again being offered to Warre County farmers for the 196 crop year, T. E. Watson, ASC office manager, announced yes terday. Watson said the deposit tc cover the actual cost of th work Is made by the farme at the time he makes his ap plication for premeasuremenl The cost Is the same as las year which Is $3.00 plus $1.1 per acre for tobacco, 80? pe ac.'n for other crops and lan uses, or a minimum cost c $8.50 per farm. ASCS began accepting re questing for this service on Jar 6. Watson said farmers deslrln this service should file thel request with the ASCS office a soon as possible. Court Term Adjourns Wednesday The January criminal term of hVarren County Superior Court, [which convened here Monday morning with Judge E. Maurice Braswell of Fayettevllle pre siding, adjourned at noon Wed nesday, with several cases nol jprossed and many others con tinued. A defendant who had been fin ed $25.00 in Warren County's recorder's Court and appealed his case, drew a $3392 fine as part of a suspended sentence Imposed by Judge Braswell. Arthur Parks, charged with possession of whiskey for the purpose of sale and possession of Illegal whiskey, was sentenc ed to the roads for two years after the two cases had been consolidated. In a third case In which he had been charged with conspiring to aid and abet in the transportation of Illegal whiskey, Parks had two years added to his sentence. Both sentences were sus pended for five years upon con dition that the defendant pay a fine of $3392, remain of good behavior, and not violate any federal or state laws for five years and pay court costs. The court ordered Parks held until the fine and court costs are paid. Charles Wlnfred Caudle, charged with manslaughter, en tered a plea of reckless driv ing, which the state accepted. He was sentenced to the roads for six months. The sentence (See COURT, page 7) John Dore Named Commissioner Of Town Of Norlina John Dore, operator of Nor lina Ice and Fuel Companv.was elected a member of the Nor lina Board of Town Commis sioners at a regular meeting of the board Monday night. He succeeds P. J. Harton, a member of the board for the past 12 years, who resigned ef fective Monday night, due to poor health. The board accepted Harton's resignation with expressions of regret and appreciation for the services he has rendered the town as board member for the past 12 years. Mayor Graham Grlssom said yesterday that the board Is sorry to have to lose the serr vices of Mr. Harton but feels that the town is fortunate In obtaining a man of the charac ter and ability of Mr. Dore to replace him. Dore Is president of the Nor lina Merchants Association. He Is married to the former Fran ces Fleming of Norlina. They have two daughters, Mrs. Char les Miller, wife of a teacher In the Littleton school system, and Miss Linda Dore, home econ omics teacher in the Norlina High School. Warren County Removed From The Second District Senatorial District Proposed Warren County on Tuesday was taken from the Second Con gressional District and placed In the First by a special com mittee appointed to make recommendations on reappor tionment to a special session of the Legislature to convene Monday. At the same time, a proposal supported by the Warren Coun ty Board of Commissioners to have Warren, Vance and Gran ville counties placed In the same senatorial district was rejected and a prior plan to have Warren placed In a district with Halifax, Edgecombe, and Pitt was retained. In addition to senate and con gressional districts, Warren becomes a part of a house dis trict with Vance and Franklin Counties, under the plan to bf submitted to the Legislature. Most of the unliappiness Tuesday was registered by Pitt, Edgecombe, HaM'ax and Warrer counties. All four counties sent spokesmen to fight the exposal on grounds that the district's northern and southern district: are too far apart "geograph ically, socially and economi cally." H?Iilax Sen. Julian Alls - brook, presently Warren's sen atorial representative. ex plained a redisricting plan de vised by the four counties wltl the b-sic Intent of keeping Pltl and Greene together lntheSixtl District, making a new one out (See REMOVED, page 7) Ridgeway Postoffice Robbery Attempted A United States Postal In spector said Sunday that the ef fort to rob the postoffice In Ridgeway early Sunday was ap parently the work of an ama teur. The robbery effort proved fu tile and nothing was found tc be missing, Mrs. Eva S. Holtz man, Ridgeway postmaster, said yesterday. The building was entered anc the dial on the safe was brok en, but the safe was not open ed. A postal inspector and local law enforcement officers visit ed the scene on Sunday and ex amined the safe and other equip ment vflth Mrs. Holtzman. Drake Says Reapportionment Plan Is Preposterous; To Fiaht The proposal of a special Legislative committee remov ing Warren County from the Second Congressional District, linking Pitt County with Warren In a Senatorial District, and a House District composed of Franklin, Warren and Vance counties, this week came in for strong condemnation by War ren's Rep. Wilton R. Drake, who promised to fight It to the best of his ability in 'he spec ial session of the Legislature. In a prepared statement, sub mitted to The Warren Record Thursday, Rep. Drake set forth his views as follows: Drake's Statement Final "committee" recom mendations to be made to the General Assembly next week as to its plans for reapportioning the State House, State Senate, and Congressional Districts are absolutely preposterous as they affect this general area of the State. It Is perfectly clear that the so - called "Select Committees" are exactly what their name Implies and that they have been playing with fig ures and protecting certain per sonalities rather than consider ing people and plain geography. Under no circumstances can nor will I support either of the plans as they now stand. For instance, the Commit tees propose that Warren Coun ty become part of a State Sen atorial District which stratches through Halifax, Edgecombe and Pitt Counties ana to the mouth of Pamlico Sound; that Warren became part of a State House District including Vance and Franklin; and finally, adding Insult to Injury, they propose to jump all the way across Hali fax, Roanoke River and Gaston Lake and throw us into a Con gressional District which stretches tothe Atlantic Ocean. Frankly, they might as well throw us over their shoulders and into the Ocean for the sharks to levour as far as the rep resentation of our people and their interests Is concerned. Conveivably, both of our State Representatives could come from Vance County, both State Senators could hail from Pitt and, with the First Congres sional District's present mud dle, our Congressman could come from *God only knows where'! Certainly, the General Assembly of the great State of North Carolina could not, In seriousness and in common sense , do such a thing to the traditionally outstanding people of Warren County, with a pop ulation of almost 20,000, at at one and the same time fur nished this State with its Gover nor, both United States Sena tors and the Congressman from their district! No other County can claim such a heritage. I know of the problems which these Committees faced because I attended a number of their meetings myself and they listened to me with keen interest and concern, in separate meet ings. But what came out of those meetings is absolutely unthinkable, unworkable, and not even In keeping with what the Federal Courts have de manded ? one man, one votel These Committees are sentenc ing certain people, and many people, to no voice whatever in their government. It Isn't fair, It Isn't reasonable, and I won't buy It! They can present all the plar.s they want, but there is only one plan which would do justice to all the people of North Caro lina if we must disregard the guarantee of our State Consti tution that every County shall be represented In one of our leg islative bodies. That plan has not been made public, but It has been In the minds of a number of legislators and I have been advocating it ever since we were first concerned with the pos sibility of Re-apportlonment. My plan is very simple and can be very easily arranged (See DRAKE, page 8) Board Talks Change In Election Plan warren uouiuy win prooaoiy join with a number of other North Carolina counties where commissioners are chosen on a district basis In asking the Leg islature (or permission to make such changes as are necessary to comply with the Supreme Court's one man, one vote rul ing. Monday the Legislature will meet In an effort to work out a reapportionment plan for con gressional, senatorial and hours representation under the court's ruling. While the court has not raised the Issue of coun ty boards, the view has been ex pressed that It Is only a mat ter of time until It will do so. Monday the commissioners ten tatively agreed to Join other counties In a request for per missive legislation should the need arise. Warren County has five dls trl?!ts for the election of coun ty commissioners, with a sub stantial difference In the popu lation of the district. Commis sioner John Wilson three-town ship district has a total popu lation of 6806 persons under the 1960 census while the two township district of board chairman Amos L. Capps has a total population of only 3483. Commissioner Wilson's dis trict Is composed of Nutbush, 2215; Hawtree, 2152; and Smith Creek, 2430. Commissioner Richard R. Davis's district Is made up of Shocco, 1800; Fork, 1000, and Sandy Creek, 1915?for a total of 4715. Commissioner Robert Thome's district has a total population of 3531. It Is com prised of River, 1774; Roanoke, 277; and Slxpound, 1480. Capps district of 3483 Is composed of Fishing Creek, 1683; and JUdklns, 1800. Warrenton Township, with a total population of 5505, is rep resented by Commissioner A. J. Ellington. Should a re-apportlonment of districts for the commis sioners be ordered, a similar re-apportlonment for members of the board of education would probably also be required as members of the boards are elected from the same districts. Lodge Officers Installed Officer* of Johnston-Caswell Lodge N9. 10, ATtAM, were Installed Monday night In ?n open meeting attended by a number of ladles. The Installing officer was Put Mas ter J. Ed Hooker with Past Master J. C. Moore as mars hall. The officers, left to right, ares Front row*-Jimmy Roberta, trea lurer; Horace Sbearln, Junior deacon; BUI Neal, senior deacon; Kenneth Copley, ttler; middle row?L. O. Robertson, secretary; Anton Raid, Junior warden; A. D. Endlcott, senior warden; beck row?A. D. Johnson, act ing steward In piece of W. R. Vaughan, who waa absent when picture waa made; W. J. (Jack) Harrla, worshipful master; Hy Dia mond, chaplain; and Robert Stefall, steward. Mrs. Banzet To Head Heart Fund Campaign Mrs. J. E. Banzet of War ?enton has been appointed Heart ?und chairman for Warren bounty February fund drive, >y the Rev. Ted Wilson, pres dent of the Warren County Heart Association. Mr. Wilson also yesterday mnounced the ippolntment of P. B. Boyd, president of the citizens Bank, as heart fund Lreasurer. Mrs. Banzet, as heart fund :halrman, will apoolnt area community leaders who will di rect the annual fund raising ef fort in behalf of the North Carolina and American Heart Associations, of which Warren County la a division. Mrs. Banzet pointed out that heart disease la the leading cause of death In Warren Coun ty and said that the Important work of the Heart Association leserve* the widest Heart fund contribution! sup port the Association's program ?f public health education, pro fessional Information, heart re search, community service and public Information. Boyd, In addition to banking and accounting for money rais ed during th e annual February Heart Fund campaign, will handle memorial gifts which are acceptable throughout the year. Boyd explained that memor ial gifts are acknowledged Im mediately upon receipt. Two no tices are sent?one to the donor, as a receipt for Income tax deduction purposes, the other to the family of the deceased person in whose name the gift is made. The latter notice men tions the name of the giver but not the amount of the gift 'Manorial gifts are i thoughtful and practical way to honor those who have died from heart or blood vessel diaeaae," Boyd said. "The money goes Into heart research and the reet of the heart program?a pro |run aimed aft conquering these diseases, check* may be made oat and sent to m* at Street, Warrenton." MERLE HARRINGTON Harrington Wins Hill Promotion A Merle Harrington has been appointed to the office of Trea surer and Assistant Secretary of China Grove Cotton Mm* Company, China Grove, North Carolina, by action of the Board of Directors effective Dee. SI, 1965. Harrington came to China Grove Cotton Mills In 1067 and was appointed assistant treasurer In 1M1. He graduated from John Graham High School In IMS and graduated from Duke University with a de gree In Business Administra tion in 1967. His college ad ti - - ? | . t .-j - .a V M _ ucation wis tntorruptM oy i tour year tour with tba United States Air pore* during Ik* Korean War. Harrington la the eon of Mr. Md Mrs. T. i. a m. ?, Henderson, ^d 1. i ried to the MayfieU of Norilna. They I two sons, Soott, 1?; 7, and live at i Unl
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